365 Days Of Astronomy - Weekly Edition

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 283:06:23
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Synopsis

The weekly podcast from the International Year of Astronomy 2009. This podcast comes out weekly and includes each daily episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast.

Episodes

  • Ep. 725: Looking Ahead

    01/07/2024 Duration: 52min

    Streamed live on Jun 24, 2024. Normally Pamela refuses to think about the future. But today, on our final episode before hiatus, she’s throwing out those rules. It’s like the PURGE! Here’s what we’re excited about for the future. Especially for the next couple of months until we return in September.

  • Ep. 724: Summer (Science & Sci Fi) Reads

    24/06/2024 Duration: 37min

    Streamed live Jun 20, 2024. Fraser & Pamela list their favorite books! Take notes! I also have a favor to ask - I'm working on a research project with my collaborator Sanlyn Buxener on what factors help and hinder people learning and doing science. Can you please take our survey? bit.ly/AstEco THANK YOU! - Pamela

  • Ep. 723: Exoplanets by the Numbers

    17/06/2024 Duration: 01h01min

    Streamed live on Jun 10, 2024. Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, revealing entirely new types of worlds that we just don’t have in the solar system. It’s enough to start getting a rough sense of what kinds of planets are out there. What’s the big picture?

  • Ep. 722: Weather on Exoplanets

    10/06/2024 Duration: 01h02min

    Here’s a familiar question: How’s the weather? We’re familiar with the weather on Earth and telescopes and missions are watching the weather on other planets in the Solar System. But for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question for exoplanets, located light-years away from us.

  • Ep. 721: Rogue Planets

    27/05/2024 Duration: 55min

    Most of the exoplanets we’ve found are around stars, where they belong. But a few have been found free-floating in interstellar space. The evidence is growing that there are a lot of them out there, maybe even more than planets with stars. How do they form and how can we learn more about them?

  • Ep. 720: Galaxy Series - Elliptical Galaxies

    20/05/2024 Duration: 36min

    Streamed live on Apr 30, 2024. Our galaxy series continues with elliptical galaxies. Unlike other types, these are large, smooth with very few distinguishing features. They’re filled with red and dead stars, a clue to their evolution.

  • Ep. 719: Galaxy Series - Spiral Galaxies

    13/05/2024 Duration: 36min

    Our galaxy series continues, on to spiral galaxies. In fact, you’re living in one right now, but telescopes show us the various shapes and sizes these galaxies come in. Thanks to JWST, we’re learning how these spirals got big, early on in the Universe.

  • Ep. 718: Galaxy Series - Dwarf Galaxies

    06/05/2024 Duration: 40min

    Streamed live on Apr 30, 2024. It’s time to begin a new mini-series, where we’ll look at different classes of galaxies. Today, we’ll start with the dwarf galaxies, which flock around larger galaxies like the Milky Way. Are they the building blocks for modern structures?

  • Ep. 717: Understanding the Ages of Distant Cosmic Objects

    29/04/2024 Duration: 01h03min

    How old is that star? That planet? That nebula? Figuring out the ages of astronomical objects is surprisingly challenging. Fortunately, astronomers have developed a series of techniques they can use to work out the ages of stuff.

  • Ep. 716 - The God**** Particle - Remembering Peter Higgs

    22/04/2024 Duration: 59min

    Last week, we learned about the death of Peter Higgs, a physicist and discoverer of the particle that bears his name. The Large Hadron Collider was built to find and describe the particle. Today, we’ll look back at the life of Peter Higgs and his particle.

  • Ep. 715: Total Eclipse of the Science: Experiments During the Eclipse

    08/04/2024 Duration: 54min

    How to watch a solar eclipse and do some science! The next great eclipse is upon us, with viewers across North America witnessing the moon passing in front of the Sun. It’s an amazing experience, but also an opportunity to do science. Let’s talk about what we can learn from this momentous event.

  • Ep. 714: Orbital Resonances

    01/04/2024 Duration: 01h03min

    Several of the planets and moons in the Solar System are in orbital resonance, orbiting in a geometric lockstep. And not just the Solar System, astronomers have found the same resonances in other star systems.

  • Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes

    25/03/2024 Duration: 01h06min

    Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcements and discoveries from various missions. One theme kept coming up, the Solar System is more volcanically active than we thought. Today, we’ll explore volcanism on other worlds.

  • Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails

    18/03/2024 Duration: 58min

    You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review has problems of its own. We’ll talk about that today.

  • Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)

    11/03/2024

    NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the future of space exploration. It’s called NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts or NIAC.

  • Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program

    04/03/2024 Duration: 01h02min

    In the olden days, NASA developed its missions using a variety of in-house engineers and external suppliers. As more commercial companies are targeting the Moon, NASA is working with partners to deliver its payloads to the lunar surface. Today let’s talk about NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Program.

  • Ep. 709: Space Weapons

    26/02/2024 Duration: 01h04min

    Streamed live on Feb 19, 2024. [My apologies for Fraser’s audio dropouts. We’re not sure how it happened as it wasn’t happening at his studio. Audio is a black art, IMHO. Rich) Last week we learned that Russia might be planning nuclear weapons to take out satellites in space. What is the current and future possibility of weapons in space and what are the treaties designed to prevent them?

  • Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?

    19/02/2024 Duration: 01h07min

    Last week we talked about sample return missions from the Moon and Mars, but scientists have retrieved samples from other objects in the Solar System, including comets and asteroids. What does it take to return a piece of rock from space, and what have we learned so far?

  • Ep. 707: What Goes Into A Sample Return Mission? Moon & Mars

    12/02/2024 Duration: 01h06min

    We’ve sent robots to other worlds, but the amount of science we can deploy to another planet can’t compare with the vast science labs we have on Earth. That’s why more and more missions are for a sample return, bringing pieces of alien worlds back to Earth, where we study them with proper equipment.

  • Ep. 706: China’s Space Program

    05/02/2024 Duration: 01h02min

    We’re so familiar with NASA’s exploration efforts in space, but you might be surprised to learn that China launches almost as many rockets as the US. They’ve got their own space exploration program that could soon bring humans to the surface of the Moon. Let’s give a brief overview of China’s space exploration plans.

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